nocite_references: Generate Nocite Block

In Pakillo/grateful: Facilitate Citation of R Packages

Generate Nocite Block

Description

Include a metadata block of citation keys for including citations in references file without in-text citations.

Usage

nocite_references(citekeys, citation_processor = c("pandoc", "latex"))

Arguments

citekeys

Vector of citation keys in reference to a relevant BibTeX file.

citation_processor

Mechanism for citation processing when knitting to PDF or otherwise using LaTeX. Selects the appropriate formatting of the nocite command. Either "pandoc" or "latex". If processing with pandoc-citeproc, use the nocite metadata block. If processing via a LaTeX processor such as natbib or biblatex, put in the LaTeX \nocite{} command directly. If knitting to any non-LaTeX format, this parameter is ignored, and a pandoc-citeproc style block is used.

Details

When passed a list of citation keys, adds the @ to each, then builds the nocite metadata field, returning via "as-is" output. Run this function either inline or within a code chunk (with echo = FALSE) to include this metadata block within an RMarkdown document. The code chunk need not explicitly state results = 'asis'.

Call nocite_references with either style = 'pandoc' or style = 'latex' depending on whether you are processing citations with pandoc-citeproc or a LaTeX citation processor such as biblatex or natbib.

This function is intended to cite R packages with citation keys passed from get_citations() or cite_packages(output = "citekeys"), but can accept an arbitrary vector of citation keys (without @) found in a BibTeX file referenced in the YAML header.

Value

"As is" text of metadata block, with comma-separated list of citation keys.

Author(s)

Connor P. Jackson

Examples

# include in YAML header:
# bibliography: grateful-refs.bib

# Get citation keys for the current RMarkdown document
# (run after all packages have been loaded).
citekeys <- cite_packages(output = "citekeys", out.dir = tempdir())

# Include in RMarkdown body for use with pandoc-citeproc:
# `r nocite_references(citekeys, citation_processor = 'pandoc')`

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